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    It is not the case that s1 and s2 differ in their essential properties: s1 can survive being flattened while s2, a different statue, cannot—violating Leibniz's Law.

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    • 1.s1 and s2 may be numerically identical (same clay, same statue) but differ in how we conceptualize or describe them, not in their properties.
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    • 2.Survival conditions may depend on sortal identity (what kind of thing something is) rather than intrinsic essential properties, so Leibniz's Law doesn't apply.
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    • 3.The apparent difference may reflect de re modal claims that are context-sensitive rather than revealing genuinely distinct essential natures.
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    • 1.If s1 and s2 have different modal properties (one can survive flattening, one cannot), they differ in essential properties by definition.
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    • 2.Essential properties are those an object cannot lose without ceasing to exist. Survival conditions are paradigmatic essential properties.
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    • 3.Leibniz's Law states indistinguishable objects are identical. Different essential properties entail the objects are genuinely distinct.
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